Episode 42 // Etan Patz: The First Milk Carton Kid

On a spring morning in 1979, a young boy walked to his bus stop and never returned home. The disappearance of Etan Patz would result in a search across New York City that spanned 40 years. From flyers to milk cartons, his face and name became a cautionary tale to many, a tale with an unclear ending still to this day.

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• https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/30/nyregion/what-happened-to-etan-patz.html

• https://nymag.com/news/features/56441/

• https://www.nytimes.com/1979/05/28/archives/volunteers-take-major-role

• https://www.nytimes.com/1979/05/31/archives/300-police-hunt-for-missing-boy

• https://www.nytimes.com/1979/06/11/archives/parents-of-missing-soho-boy

• https://www.nytimes.com/1979/07/26/archives/the-unrelenting-search-for-etan-patz

• https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/22/nyregion/israelis-asked-to-publicize-patz

• https://www.nytimes.com/1986/01/19/nyregion/israel-reports-no-proof

• https://www.google.com/books/edition/After_Etan/

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• http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/05/26/new.york.1979.missing.child/index.html

• https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/21/nyregion/etan-patz-inquiry

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• https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/24/nyregion/investigators-end-search

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/10/30/police-blew-up

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• https://crimereads.com/how-the-disappearance-of-etan-patz

• https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/04/hey-parents-leave

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